Horseshoe.



D. S. ANTHONY.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATON FILED JUNE 17| 1914.

Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

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DAVID S. ANTI-ICNY, OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA.

HORSESHOE.

Llamas.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed .Tune 17, 1914:. Serial No. 845,589.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID S. ANTHONY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sioux City, in the county of loodbury and State of Iowa.l have invented a new and Improved Horseshoe, of which the following is a full, clear, .and exact description.

`This invention relates to shoes of that type having removable calks, but more particularly to a horseshoe of that character in which the callzs are carried by a plate or removable section which is litted to and detachably fastened on the main or body porf the calli-carrying plate will firmly fit the body section ofv the sho-e when fastened thereto, without there being any play or rattling between the parts.

' More specifically, the objects of the invention are to Vprovide a shoe in which the body section has on its under face a channel, or is otherwise formed to receive the calkcarrying section which has novel means for interlocking with the heel portions of the body section and which at the toe portion has novel means coperating with the corresponding portionv of the body section, wherebyf'a. single pin or key serves to detachably lock the sections of the shoe, such pin being easily inserted and removed, yet e uncapable of accidental detachment.

Vith such objects in view, .and others which will appear asthe description proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features of construction and arrangement. of parts which will be set forth with particularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate certain embodiments of the invention, .and wherein similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, Figure l is a perspective view of the shoe with half of the body section removed and with a portion of the callicarrying section broken away so as to better illustrate the details of construction; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of' the body section; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the calk-carrying section; Figs. 1l, 5 and 6 are sectional views through lthe shoe when the two parts thereof are fastened together, the sections being taken respectively on the line 4 1, 5 5 and 6-46, Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of the toe portion of a modified form of shoe; Fig. 8 is a sectional view on the line 8-8 of Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a side view of a modified form of calli-carrying plate wherein the calks are blunt, as distinguished from the sharpened calls shown in the other figures; Fig. l() is a sectional View of the toe portion of a modified construction, showing the locking in front of the calli; and Fig. 1l is a sectional view on line ll l1, Fig. 10.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the body section or top plate'of the shoe, and B the Calif-carrying section o-r bottom plate. The body section A in its general outlines is the same as an ordinary shoe and is vprovided along its Vsides with rows of Patented Mar. "4', 1916.

openings l for receiving the nails whereby The under side of the body section is provided with a channel@ which extends from one heel 2 to the toe portion 3, and thence to the other lieel 2a, suchchannel being bordered on its outside by a flange t which lies the shoe is fastened to the hoof of a horse. Y

between the channel and the marginalV por-V tions thathave the nail-receiving openings, such flange 4 being extended forwardly at 5 so as to be Hush with the Vfront surface of the toe, and also so as to expand and enlarge the. front part of, the channel. The inner wall ofthe channel is formed by a flange 6 which conforms in shape to or follows the inner edgevof the shoe. The ends of the channel terminate slightly inwardly from the end edges of the heels, and these channels open upwardly in the top 'surface of the body A. lhe side walls 7 of the ends of Vthe channel converge upwardly toward the opening 8 so as to provide a wedging fit with the hools`9 on the call;- carrying sections, saidy hooks being adapted to engage the4V bar portions l0 closing the rear sides of the openings 8.

The. body section A at the toe has its under surface shaped concave at the portion 11 so as to receive the convex or raised part 12 tion. Depending from the `center of the shallow socket or convex portion 11 is. alug v parallel with the front edge of the toe. The .z

body portion as thus described is made in one piece and is preferably, although not necessarily, a die casting. The removable section B which carries the calks is shaped to kconform the channel in the under side of the body section, in which channel it ts; that is to say, the side members l5 enter'the side portions ofthe vchannel a, whiler `the front or toel portion 16 of the section B is horizontally enlarged to fit into the enl-arged front portion of the channel a. This enlarged. front portion 16 is concave on its underside and convex on its upper side so as to snugly lit in the cavity in the body section of the shoe, and the portion 16 has a central opening 17 into which the lug 13 is adapted to extend downwardly.

- By making the toe portions of the two sections comparatively thin and nested one in the other, the lug 13 may be made so short that it will notproject down below the bottom of the shoe, and hence will not be subjected to wear; and furthermore, the cavity or chamber provided in the bottom of the toe portion of the .section B enablesthe locking pin or key 18 to be accommodated` such pin being passed through the opening 14 in the' lug 13'and having its ends extending out of the lug so as to engage the section B and lock the same to the section A. This pin has a head or shoulder 20 and tapers therefrom to the point 21, and one side of the pin can be provided with serrations or corrugations 22, so that when the pin is driven into place hy a hammer, one of the corrugatio-ns will finally fit or engage with the lug 13 and prevent accidental detachment of thel pin, which latter is springy or yielding.

ln attaching the calli-carrying section to the body section of the shoe the hooks9 are first engaged in the openings 8 in the heel portions of the body section, it being necessary to hold the calli-carrying section at an angle to the other section during the insertion ofthe hooks 9, and after the hooks are insert-ed the calli-carrying section is brought kupwardly and entered into the channel of the body section A, whereby the apertured 1 tively clamped together without any lateral play and without the possibility of rattling,

and the toe portions of the two sections will be tightly clamped together by the wedgelshaped pin 18. 1 The calks and b at the toe and heels are shown as of the sharpened type `inligs. 1', 3 and a'- but it is obvious that the calls b2, b3, may be blunt, as shown in Fig. 9. In .other words, the calli-carrying plates can be made in different forms and used interchangeably, according to the road conditions.

In Figs. 7 and S a modified form of connecting means between the toe portions of the shoe sections is shown. rThe concave part of the toe is provided with a pair of parallel bars or apertured lugs 32 that are spaced apart to receivey between them an apertured lug or arched bar Q3, so that a locking pin 2i can be inserted through the said lugs, the apertures of which register,

`there being openings 25 in the toe portion of the heel-carrying section so as to permit the key or pin Q4 to be inserted and driven home. By reason of the concave surface in the under side of the toe portion of the call(- carrying section, the key will be bent as it is driven, so that there is no possibility of its automatic detachment.

ln the arrangement shown in Figs. 10 and 11,'tlie locking'pin 30 is located in front of the callr31. The Linder side of the front portion of the body section A is cut out to form ay shallow socket 32 which provides an opening' 33. Extending across this opening from the front to the rear` is a depending loop or apertured lug 31 to receive the pin 30.v The calli-carrying section B has a ball portion which I'i'ts in the socket 32, and at the center of the ball portion 35 is an open ing 36 to receive the lug or loop 34. The under side of this ball portion 35 is cut out shallow to .form a chamber 37 to accommodate the locking pin 30 when driven home into the lug 34e, such pin frictionally engaging the surface of the chamber 37 so that the pin will remain iixedly in place.

'- From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operation will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have de' scribed the principle of operation, together with the device which 1 now consider kto be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have itfunderstood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the appended claims.

llaving thus described my invention,y I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A horseshoe comprising a body section, an apertured lug depending from the toe portion of the said section, a bottom section having a toe calk and an opening out of the plane of the call; to receive the lug, and

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a locking pin inserted through the lug and disposed in front of the toeA calk for fastening the sections together.

2. A horseshoe comprising a body section, an apertured lug depending from the toe portion of the said section, Ya bottom'section having` a toe calli and provided with a cavity in its under side and an opening in the cavity to receive the lug, and a locking pin passing through the lug and lying within the said cavity for locking the sections together, the top surface otl the cavity being sloping from the opening in opposite directions, and the locking pin being engaged with such surface.

3. A horseshoe comprising a top or body section, a depending lug on the under side thereof, a calk carrying section having an opening to receive the lug, said lug being of such length that its lower end lies above the bottom surface oli' the calk carrying section, and a device removably engaged with the lug to lock the sections together and extending substantially parallel with the length of the calk on the calli-carrying sec tion.

4e. A horseshoe comprising a top or body section, a bottom, calk carrying sections, means for connecting the heel portions of the sections together, the toe portion of means for connecting the heel portions oi' the sections together, the toe portion of body section having a cavity on its under side, an apertured lug extending downwardly in the said cavity, the toe portion of the bottom section being shaped to enter the cavity of the body section and having an opening to receive the lug, a toe calli disposed on the bottom section forwardly of the said;V

opening, and a key inserted through the aperture of the lug and located behind and substantially parallel with the calk for holding the sections of the shoe together.

6. A horseshoe comprising a body section having a channel in its under surface extending from one heel to the toe and therefrom to the other heel, there being openings in the ends of the channel at the heels, a lug in the channel at the toe, a

calli-carrying section shaped to iit in the channel and having an opening to receive the lug, and hooks on the heel portions of the calli-carrying section for engaging in the openings in the heel portions of the body section.

7. A horseshoe comprising a body section having channeled heel portions provided with openings, the sides of the channel being inclined inwardly toward each other, a calk carrying section, means Jfor connecting the sections together, said means comprising hooks on the latter for engaging in the openings of the body section, the base portions of the hooks having sloping sides to wedge into the channel, and additional means for fastening the sections'together.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID S, ANTHONY.

Witnesses:

EDWIN J. STAsoN, KENNETHVG. LILLIMAN.

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